News Forum - Officials panic Thailand hits lowest birth rate in 7 decades

[Thaiger]

Officials are panicking after Thailand hit its lowest birth rate in seven decades last year. The Social Development and Human Security Ministry announced today that the kingdom had hit a 71 year low.  Last year, Thailand’s target birth rate was 700,000, however, only 502,000 babies were born. The birth rate was therefore about 30% below …

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[Ramanathan.P]

It is Quality Vs Quantity of life style that the child will be getting along the way....Parents prefer quality lifestyle for their children

[Chatogaster]

 

Every year since 1958 has had a lower birth rate than the year before. If indeed a target of 10% was set for 2022 it was without a doubt highly ambitious at the time (regardless of when the target was set). Some initiatives to support that target (or common sense to adapt those initiatives based on circumstances) must have failed misserably.

Ramanathan.P is probably right about quantity vs. quality. Unfortunately, what will most likely happen is a budget inflation for short-term (a few years) incentives like child care and education to boost quantity. If successful, the resulting extra humans produced have short-term (a few decades) effects on quality of life for all living, after which the cycle starts all over.

 

[HolyCowCm]

I’m sure that extra 600 baht allocated to the poor each month should spark some romantic Lao Khao hanky panky.  

[socal]

It is hilarious how the neo Malthusian movement keeps saying the world is one minute to midnight to a population catastrophe when birth rates were falling around the world , even in India and China , before the pandemic. Now with the pandemic , we've taken another big dip that probably won't revert to the mean anytime soon. 

And we are also killing 2 birds with one stone in the US. Not only is the birth rate falling , but life expectancy fell for 3 years before the pandemic too. So we aren't even living longer  

Ah but Africa ! will be the lame malthusian response.